Job 38:29
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
קֶרַח
qerach
ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal
English grammatical function word ('hoary'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent i...
קֶרַח
qerach
ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Key Terms in This Verse
יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →קֶרַח qerach
ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal
Study H7140 →English grammatical function word ('hoary'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are requ...
Study GRAM →קֶרַח qerach
ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal
Study H7140 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →Cross References
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
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